Merc Difficulty Tier

[Icecoal]

I would like an official difficulty rating on mercs. A lot of games have this feature and it might give some insight to new players. For example, vassili should have a 5 of 5 to prevent that beginners almost always purchase him first

[Jostabeere]

I doubt this will ever be a thing. “Difficulty” is subjective. And while one may find one merc easy, another player could have troubles. I never found such “star” ratings in games useful.
And Vassili should just be blocked in the shop untill level 15-20.

[gloomyRequirement]

[quote=“Jostabeere;154529”]I doubt this will ever be a thing. “Difficulty” is subjective. And while one may find one merc easy, another player could have troubles. I never found such “star” ratings in games useful.
And Vassili should just be blocked in the shop untill level 15-20.[/quote]

Do you like an egg with that salt sir. I play Vassili in ranked and I’m in gold master(doing well) being only level 12. Also “I don’t find it useful” really hasn’t got jack shit to do with what he’s saying - as he’s pointing at new players here.

Lastly, difficulty really isn’t subjective all that much. A learning curve is a learning curve, for some mercs it’s significantly steeper. The hardest merc to play is probably Vassili but Redeye is mighty close following him(especially considering how destructive smoke can be to teammates). I wouldn’t mind seeing SD add something along the lines.

[Amerika]

I personally think Nader is the easiest merc to pick up but one of the hardest to actually master due to all the things you can learn with her.

[Ballto]

order from easiest to hardest in my opinion. Note, this is on how easy it is to play any gien merc, and then also how USEFUL it is to the team. So even if a merc who scored low is easy enough to play, he is harder to make useful to the rest of your team. Vassili for example scores low because while he is easy enough to learn how to do okay with he is harder to make useful because of lack of good support ability.

Fletcher
Phoenix
Skyhammer
Arty
Aura
Proxy
Sawbones
Stoker
Kira
Nader
Bushwhaker
Sparks
Fragger
Rhino
Thunder
Redeye
Vasili.

[MTLMortis]

Any ranking of mercs will be entirely subjective based on your personal playstyle. Just because something is ranked the easiest to play doesn’t mean you will be any good with them.

[Jostabeere]

[quote=“gloomyRequirement;154591”][quote=“Jostabeere;154529”]I doubt this will ever be a thing. “Difficulty” is subjective. And while one may find one merc easy, another player could have troubles. I never found such “star” ratings in games useful.
And Vassili should just be blocked in the shop untill level 15-20.[/quote]

Do you like an egg with that salt sir. I play Vassili in ranked and I’m in gold master(doing well) being only level 12. Also “I don’t find it useful” really hasn’t got jack shit to do with what he’s saying - as he’s pointing at new players here.

Lastly, difficulty really isn’t subjective all that much. A learning curve is a learning curve, for some mercs it’s significantly steeper. The hardest merc to play is probably Vassili but Redeye is mighty close following him(especially considering how destructive smoke can be to teammates). I wouldn’t mind seeing SD add something along the lines.[/quote]
And you know if I’m a new player or not?
Also good for you if you’re a lvl 12 Gold Vassili. Probably not your first shooter. Doesn’t help the players who get braindead lvl 4 Vassilis in their teams that just started to play the game.

[Icecoal]

Since an official one wont be a thing anytime soon , I thought I make my own.

Would also be interesting to see your ratings because like jostabeere mentioned, its highly subjective.

Rhino - 1/5

Skyhammer -1/5

Aura - 2/5

Proxy - 2/5

Sawbonez - 2/5

Bushwacker - 2/5

Nader - 2/5

Stoker - 2/5

Arty - 3/5

Fletcher - 3/5

Fragger - 3/5

Thunder - 4/5

Redeye - 4/5

Pheonix - 4/5

Kira - 4/5

Phantom - 5/5

Vassili - 5/5

Sparks - 5/5

[Ritobasu]

Going by ease-of-use to overall effectiveness ratio as an efficiency rating, 1 being the easiest to pick up and play while doing your intended role, to 5 being the hardest to perform. These are all relative to a character’s respective class and are not intended to be a broad rating, e.g. Sparks and Proxy do not have the same difficulty. All imo ofc

Aura 1.5/5
Phoenix 2/5
Sawbonez 2.5/5
Sparks 3.5/5

Stoker 1/5
Skyhammer 2/5
Arty 3/5
Kira 3/5

Bushwhacker 2/5
Fletcher 3/5
Proxy 3.5/5

Nader 1/5
Fragger 1.5/5
Rhino 4/5
Thunder 4/5

Red Eye 3.5/5
Phantom 4/5
Vassili 5/5